Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) Exam: Pest Management Program Study Guide

Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) Exam: Pest Management Program Study Guide IPM has a main goal of ____________ pesticide use. - CORRECT ANSWERDecreasing A quarantine is an example of which pest management strategy? - CORRECT ANSWER-Prevention When using proper pest monitoring procedures, ______________________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Treatments are based on pest levels and economics In developing a sampling scheme for a pest, _______________ does NOT need to be considered. When to sample, what to sample, who does the sampling, information accompanying the sample, - CORRECT ANSWER-Who does the sampling Which of the following causes a disease to occur in a pest reducing the pest population? parasite, pathogen, predator, positor - CORRECT ANSWER-Pathogen ____________ is an important way pests are transported to host plants - CORRECT ANSWER-Wind Which of the following is NOT one of the three sides of the disease development triangle? Antigen, Environment, Host, Pathogen - CORRECT ANSWER-Antigen Which of the following pathogens usually survives only in living tissue? Fungi, bacteria, virus, nematode - CORRECT ANSWER-Virus When a pest invades the plant between plant cells, it is called _____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Intercellular _______________ is a major way insects feed. licking, piercing-sucking, digesting, regurgitating - CORRECT ANSWER-Piercing-sucking Insect damage to a crop can occur when ___________ coincides with crop growth. - CORRECT ANSWER-Insect activity Insects that have egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages undergo __________ metamorphosis. - CORRECT ANSWER-Complete Which of the following helps weeds survive and be competitive? lack of seed dormancy, lack of shade tolerance, high growth rate, low seed production - CORRECT ANSWERHigh growth rate Which of the following is often the most important limiting factor for a weed competing with a crop when the crop out grows the weed? Light, nutrients, water, oxygen - CORRECT ANSWER-Lig